Passive ground cooling system for low energy buildings in Malaysia (hot and humid climates)

Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah and Shao, Li and Ibrahim, M. Najib (2012) Passive ground cooling system for low energy buildings in Malaysia (hot and humid climates). Renewable Energy, 49. pp. 193-196. ISSN 0960-1481

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Abstract

This paper presents an investigation of Earth Pipe Cooling Technology, conducted in a university campus in Malaysia. It was intended to seek for a passive cooling alternative to air-conditioning. The technology, where the ground was used as a heat sink to produce cooler air, has not been investigated systematically in hot and humid countries. In this work, air and soil temperatures were measured. At 1 m underground, the result is most significant, where the soil temperature is 6 °C and 9 °C lower than the maximum ambient temperature during wet and hot and dry season, respectively. Polyethylene pipes were buried around 1.0 m underground and temperature drop between pipe inlet and outlet were compared. A significant temperature drop was found in these pipes: up to 6.4 °C and 6.9 °C depending on the season of the year. The result shows the potential of Earth Pipe in providing low energy cooling in Malaysia. © 2012.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	The article was made available online as refereed journal on 23 September 2012. 4859/24314
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture T Technology > TH Building construction > TH7005 Heating and ventilation T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery > TJ807 Renewable energy sources
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Architecture
Depositing User:	Dr Aliyah Sanusi
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2013 10:57
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2021 23:27
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/24314

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